[fedora-virt] New to virtualizatoin

[Dor Laor]

Brendan Whelan wrote:
> I am new to using virtualization and, after some effort, I have 
> created and then cloned a virtual image on a laptop with an Intel 
> P8400 processor using Fedora 10.
> Unfortunately,  when I run the cloned image I don't have proper cursor 
> control, even after pressing ctrl-alt. Any suggestions?
> Is there a straightforward guide to creating and managing virtual 
> applications under Fedora 10?
For the mouse issue you might look at 
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-virt/2009-February/msg00083.html
Virt-manager is used to run VMs on F10
> I know that KVM and VMWare use different mechanisms. My understanding 
> is that KVM accesses the hardware directly whilst VMWare creates a 
> base system through which all information, from the virtual systems, 
> is routed. However, is it possible to migrate an image from Fedora to 
> VMware? Many thanks, Brendan
While I hate to explain this, here it is: you can convert the disk 
format to VMW vmdk format using qemu-img and just run it there.
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